§ 771. Comptroller General, powers and duties
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(a)Scope of activities; monitoring activity; data to Comptroller General from Administration; reports and recommendations to Congress For the duration of this chapter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor and evaluate the operations of the Administration including its reporting activities. The Comptroller General shall
(1)conduct studies of existing statutes and regulations governing the Administration’s programs;
(2)review the policies and practices of the Administration;
(3)review and evaluate the procedures followed by the Administrator in gathering, analyzing, and interpreting energy statistics, data, and information related to the management and conservation of energy, including but not limited to data related to energy costs, supply, demand, industry structure, and environmental impacts; and
(4)evaluate particular projects or programs. The Comptroller General shall have access to such data within the possession or control of the Administration from any public or private source whatever, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, as are necessary to carry out his responsibilities under this chapter and shall report to the Congress at such times as he deems appropriate with respect to the Administration’s programs, including his recommendations for modifications in existing laws, regulations, procedures, and practices.
(b)Access to material and written energy information from owners or operators of facilities or business premises engaged in energy matters; scope of information The Comptroller General or any of his authorized representatives in carrying out his responsibilities under this section may request access to any books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information of any person owning or operating facilities or business premises who is engaged in any phase of energy supply or major energy consumption, where such material relates to the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to energy costs, demand, supply, industry structure, and environmental impacts. The Comptroller General may request such person to submit in writing such energy information as the Comptroller General may prescribe.
(c)Access to material and information from recipients of Federal funds or assistance under Federal transactions The Comptroller General of the United States, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, records, or other recorded information of any recipients of Federal funds or assistance under contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions entered into pursuant to subsection
(d)or
(g)of section 766 1 of this title which in the opinion of the Comptroller General may be related or pertinent to such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or similar transactions.
(d)Subpenas; committee resolution; issuance; production of evidence To assist in carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Comptroller General may, with the concurrence of a duly established committee of Congress having legislative or investigative jurisdiction over the subject matter and upon the adoption of a resolution by such a committee which sets forth specifically the scope and necessity therefor, and the specific identity of those persons from whom information is sought, sign and issue subpenas requiring the production of the books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information referred to in subsection
(b)of this section.
(e)Enforcement of subpenas; jurisdiction; order for production of evidence; contempt In case of disobedience to a subpena issued under subsection
(d)of this section, the Comptroller General may invoke the aid of any district court of the United States in requiring the production of the books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information referred to in subsection
(b)of this section. Any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction where such person is found or transacts business may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued by the Comptroller General, issue an order requiring such person to produce the books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, or information; and any failure to obey such order of the court shall be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
(f)Availability to public of reports submitted to Congress; prohibited disclosures: confidential information and trade secrets; preservation of confidentiality in disclosures to Government Reports submitted by the Comptroller General to the Congress pursuant to this section shall be available to the public at reasonable cost and upon identifiable request. The Comptroller General may not disclose to the public any information which concerns or relates to a trade secret or other matter referred to in section 1905 of title 18, except that such information shall be disclosed by the Comptroller General or the Administrator, in a manner designed to preserve its confidentiality—
(1)to other Federal Government departments, agencies, and officials for official use upon request;
(2)to committees of Congress upon request; and
(3)to a court in any judicial proceeding under court order.
(Pub. L. 93–275, § 12, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 106.)
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- Public Law 85–791
- Public Law 253
- Public Law 93–272
- Public Law 106–554Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes
- Public Law 95–91To establish a Department of Energy in the executive branch by the reorganization of energy functions within the Federal Government in order to secure effective management to assure a coordinated national energy policy, and for other purposes
- Public Law 115–435To amend titles 5 and 44, United States Code, to require Federal evaluation activities, improve Federal data management, and for other purposes
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- Public Law 94–385To amend the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to extend the duration of authorities under such Act; to provide an Incentive for domestic production; to provide for electric utility rate design initiatives; to provide for energy conservation standards for new buildings; to provide for energy
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- Sec. 2Enhanced information on critical energy supplies
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- Sec. 1051Enhanced information on critical energy supplies
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- Sec. 302Confidential information protection and statistical efficiency
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- Sec. 302Confidential information protection and statistical efficiency
- Sec. 4401Enhanced information on critical energy supplies
- Sec. 302Confidential information protection and statistical efficiency
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- Pub. L. 93–275, § 12
- 88 Stat. 106
- Pub. L. 95–91, title VII, § 709(a)(2)(B)
- 91 Stat. 608
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–275, § 12
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–91, title VII, § 709(a)(2)(B)
Stat.91 Stat. 608
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